July 2015
ZABALA INNOVATION CONSULTING is an international innovation consulting firm. For more than 29
years, we have been helping leading companies, research organisations and public administrations
making innovation the key factor of their competitiveness. We collaborate with our clients and bring
our expertise to all phases of their innovation projects. ZABALA helps its customers obtain the best
funding to contribute to the success of their R&D and innovation projects. ZABALA Innovation
Consulting is currently looking to hire an intern specialised in Project Management –
Communication for its Brussels’ offices.
INTERN 2
General Profile: Project Management – Communication
SKILLS
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Dynamic, with a can-do attitude, at ease in international environments
Very well organised, with attention to detail,
Pragmatic, capacity to find solutions rapidly
Capacity to take initiatives and responsibilities
Very good writing, oral, research and analytical skills
Willing to learn
Capacity to rapidly grasp technical topics such as advanced manufacturing , smart
energy/cities, energy efficiency, bio based technologies, sustainable mobility a clear asset
TASKS
 Assist with content development for EU projects and the EU branch of the Company websites,
including writing/editing articles and blog posts, and other content;
 Assist with e-newsletters for various EU projects and the EU branch of the company
 Monitoring of events and news related to specific EU projects
 Support to the activities of EU funded projects (coordination of partners, meeting, workshop
organisation)
 Involvement in the preparation of EU project proposals for the company or its clients
 Represent the company in outside events
 Support to the daily management of the office (answering the phone, support to the rest of
the team with administrative tasks)
BACKGROUND
 Studies: related to fields required, Management and/or Communications, project
management, technical profiles are accepted too but with clear management and
communication skills
 Knowledge of or experience with using social media to disseminate project results required,
 Knowledge of EU Funded projects a plus,
 Knowledge of HTML, Drupal, Mailchimp, databases management an asset,
 Very good command of all Microsoft software (word, excel, outlook),
 Proficiency in English and good knowledge of Spanish required, knowledge of French a plus.
Requirements:
 Applicants finishing their student career who can benefit from a programme (e.g. ERASMUS+)
which can co-fund the internship are welcome
 Mandatory requirement: applicants are required to have the capacity to sign a tripartite
internship agreement between the student, the university and ZABALA. You should confirm
this possibly when applying or your application will be automatically rejected.
If this role is of interest to you and you believe that you can be a valuable addition to our company, then please
send your CV to: CV@zabala.es, indicating in the application mail: INTERN_PROJECT MANAGEMENT–
COMMUNICATION.
Brussels · London · Madrid · Barcelona · Sevilla · Valencia · Vigo · Pamplona (headquarters)
info@zabala.eu · www.zabala.eu Zabala Innovation Consulting · Rue Belliard, 20 - 4 ème - B-1040 Brussels · Belgium · T. (+32) 2 5138122